Post by floydragsdale on Apr 23, 2010 11:16:37 GMT -5
Easy Front Line Duty
When the 424th Regiment was officially stationed at Renne, France we were assigned the task of more front line duty.
Our job was to see to it that about 90,000 German troops didn’t try to escape being trapped at St. Nazire, in the Brest Peninsula; a port that was still a German Submarine base.
There were towns and villages near St. Nazier (I don’t remember their names) where a G.I. would go to when off duty and, German and American Soldiers would “rub shoulders” while browsing through stores and various places. We didn’t bother them and they didn’t bother us. We simply exchanged friendly smiles with each other.
How different from the B.O.B. days.
Incidentally, tomorrow April 25, I’m scheduled to go on the Honor Flight to Washington D.C. to see the WWII Memorial and other places of interest in the area.
It's go there and back in one day. So, it will be a busy time for all involved.
Floyd
424th Regiment
When the 424th Regiment was officially stationed at Renne, France we were assigned the task of more front line duty.
Our job was to see to it that about 90,000 German troops didn’t try to escape being trapped at St. Nazire, in the Brest Peninsula; a port that was still a German Submarine base.
There were towns and villages near St. Nazier (I don’t remember their names) where a G.I. would go to when off duty and, German and American Soldiers would “rub shoulders” while browsing through stores and various places. We didn’t bother them and they didn’t bother us. We simply exchanged friendly smiles with each other.
How different from the B.O.B. days.
Incidentally, tomorrow April 25, I’m scheduled to go on the Honor Flight to Washington D.C. to see the WWII Memorial and other places of interest in the area.
It's go there and back in one day. So, it will be a busy time for all involved.
Floyd
424th Regiment
